Briefs - York

December 14, 2001|By Daily Press

Panel to hear issues of disabled students

YORK - A special education committee in York County will sponsor a meeting Monday to give parents and students a chance to offer public input about educational issues involving students with disabilities enrolled in York County's public schools.

The York County Special Education Advisory Committee will meet at 7 p.m. in the conference center located behind the School Board office at 302 Dare Road.

Next week, the Virginia Department of Education will conduct a routine, weeklong monitoring of the school division's special education services.

Written comments for the meeting may be submitted to Dr. Liz Leonard Ryan, SEAC Co-chair, 302 Dare Road, Yorktown, VA, 23692. For more information call 898-0308.

Gateway presents free video greetings

Gateway Computer stores are once again offering free "holiday video greetings" to customers who want to send voice messages by e-mail anywhere in the world.

Video stations are set up at 296 Gateway stores around the country, including those at 12249 Jefferson Ave., in Newport News, and at 4725 Virginia Beach Blvd., in Virginia Beach.

This is the second year Gateway has offered the program. Senior vice president Bart Brown said in a press release that he hopes it will be more popular this year with so many U.S. service personnel deployed overseas.

The greetings, which are about 15 seconds long, can be recorded and sent from any Gateway store, and can be sent to any number of e-mail recipients. The program runs through Jan. 1.